This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- Jean Gayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Jean Gayle" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My God Mary what are you doing? What a shock to see > your ad and know the > horses are already gone. Hope you both are all > right and that it was a > decision you wanted to make. Hi Jean, It was something we thought long and hard about before we did it. Our situation here has gotten worse as the years went by - pastureland washed down to the river/flooded by downstream beaver dams, etc., until we have NO pasture except for our lawn. The lawn is fine for old Line who does not tear up the real estate running around. She still gets a 'bee in her bonnet' occasionally and runs into the barn for dinner, but she doesn't have enough 'push' in her stride any more to tear things up much. The 'boys' were a different story - with their energy and being shod for trail riding they tore things up pretty bad. Plus a lawn is NOT enough space for two big geldings to be running around getting their exercise! They spent from the end of April until the middle of June - when we took them down to Gayle's - mostly in their stalls, as their pens were still over knee deep in mud. Just was not a good life for two young active geldings who were trained and ready to do anything. My riding has been seriously curtailed by my hip. It simply will not stand for being 'stretched around' a horse for very long. Whole leg goes numb, which doesn't help any. Sindar and Glendar need someone younger and more able to take them on to better things, so Gayle is marketing them for us. Thought they'd sell better at her place where people come looking for Fjords to buy - plus where people come for lessons, sometimes on her horses rather than their own. Right now both boys are being used as lesson horses, plus Gayle is riding them to see just exactly what they CAN do. Sindar is getting some work under English tack and over small jumps in case someone wants him as a hunter hack prospect, etc. He is more 'petite' and really looks the part when all 'tacked up'. He looks a little 'overdressed' in a Western saddle I always thought. Glendar is on to 'bigger and better' things in the reining department. Gayle was surprised by how well he handles that big body - sort of another Lars she says, although she also says Glendar is BIGGER than Lars(hard to believe!). Lots of people have been looking at them, so something should happen before the summer is over. Took a while to get used to the empty barn - with only old Line - but we've adjusted. Right now it's full of a year's supply of hay for the 'old girl'. She missed the boys for about one day - she really didn't like them, just wasn't pleased because things were different. Now she has settled into a routine of visiting with the neighbor horses over the fence, which keeps everybody happy. Must go out and move the hose, then weed the garden. just got a new > Corgi so must be going to > stay here for awhile yet. Ooooo - a new puppy. What fun!! Enjoy! Am still keeping the 'Mini idea' in the back of my mind if I find I can't live without at least one horse to drive. Happy summer - pant, pant!! Mary ===== Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
